1. Image of Dwelling House from Hanover street, looking southwest. Ca 1890.A larger image

a. The house has a two-story porch with picket balustrade (both upper and lower porch), no dormers, and a moss-covered wood shingle roof. There is a one story gable addition to the south. All windows and doors have shutters, the principal massing has louvered shutters, the one-story addition has raised panel shutters. Metal gutters are present on the corners of the principal massing. Mortar color changes on the southern chimney suggest that the top of the stack was rebuilt.
b. The leading edge of a two-story weatherboarded building close to the house is present to the southeast. The building is parallel to the dwelling but appears slightly off-axis. The entrance in the gable end facing the house is at the corner, not centered and suggests a kitchen function.
c. Image shows dirt street, low board fence and no curbs. A mature evergreen stands close to the southeast corner of the principal massing of the house. Other plantings are low and scattered. Two large deciduous trees are present in the yard.

1. Image of Dwelling House from yard looking northwest toward Hanover street. Ca 1920.A larger image

a. The house has a two-story porch with a picket balustrade on the upper porch, two dormers are visible in the picture, and a slate roof with metal vents and a lightning rod on the north chimney. There is a two-story gable addition to the south with a one-story porch. All windows and doors have louvered shutters. Metal gutters are present on all the corners of the dwelling. A smaller square brick chimney stack is shown above the roof on the west side of the south addition. There is a stack vent above the roof on the west side and a water faucet in the yard in the foreground of the image.
b. There are three women and one man seen on the first floor porch. The women have full skirts and long sleeve blouses with high collars.
c. Image shows a metal fence and electric poles on Hanover Street. All plantings close to the house are low, with the exception of an untrained bush/tree at the southeast corner of the two-story porch. Two large deciduous trees are present, one in the yard and the other further out at the street.

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